Key Concepts andSkills
• Understand how stock prices depend on
future dividends and dividend growth
• Be able to compute stock prices using the
dividend growth model
• Understand how stock markets work
• Understand how stock prices are quoted
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Chapter Outline
• CommonStock Valuation
• Some Features of Common and
Preferred Stocks
• The Stock Markets
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4.
Cash Flows forStockholders
• If you buy a share of stock, you can
receive cash in two ways
– The company pays dividends
– You sell your shares, either to another
investor in the market or back to the
company
• As with bonds, the price of the stock
is the present value of these
expected cash flows
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5.
One-Period Example
Suppose youare thinking of purchasing the stock of
Moore Oil, Inc. You expect it to pay a $2 dividend in
one year, and you believe that you can sell the stock
for $14 at that time. If you require a return of 20%
on investments of this risk, what is the maximum
you would be willing to pay?
Compute the PV of the expected cash flows
– Price = (14 + 2) / (1.2) = $13.33
– Using financial calculator: 16 FV; 20 I/Y; 1 N; CPT PV =
-13.33
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One-Period Example: Usinga Timeline
0 1 2 3
20%
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year and sell the stock for
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Two-Period Example
Now, whatif you decide to hold the stock for two
years? In addition to the dividend in one year, you
expect a dividend of $2.10 in two years and a stock
price of $14.70 at the end of year 2. Now how much
would you be willing to pay?
Compute the PV of the expected cash flows
– Price = 2 / (1.2) + (2.10 + 14.70) / (1.2)2
= 13.33
– Using financial calculator: 0 CF0; 2 CF1; 16.80 CF2; 20
I/Y; CPT NPV = 13.33
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Two-Period Example: Usinga Timeline
0 1 2 3
20%
P2=$14.70
P0
D1 = $2 D2=$2.10
$16.80
+
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$13.33
dividend of $2 at yr 1
dividend of $2.10 at yr 2
stock price of $14.70 at yr 2
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Three-Period Example
Finally, whatif you decide to hold the stock for three
years? In addition to the dividends at the end of
years 1 and 2, you expect to receive a dividend of
$2.205 at the end of year 3 and the stock price is
expected to be $15.435. Now how much would you
be willing to pay?
Compute the PV of the expected cash flows
– Price = 2 / (1.2) + 2.10 / (1.2)2
+ (2.205 + 15.435) /
(1.2)3
= 13.33
– Using financial calculator: 0 CF0; 2 CF1; 2.10 CF2;
17.635 CF3; 20 I/Y; CPT NPV = 13.33
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10.
Three-Period Example: Usinga Timeline
0 1 2 3
20%
P3=$15.435
P0
D1 = $2
D2= $2.10
$17.64
+
D3= $2.205
1.667
1.458
10.208
$13.33
dividend of $2 at yr 1
dividend of $2.10 at yr 2
dividend of $2.205 at yr 3
stock price of $15.435 at yr 3
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Developing The Model
•You could continue to push back the year in
which you will sell the stock
• You would find that the price of the stock is really
just the present value of all expected future
dividends
• So, how can we estimate all future dividend
payments?
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Estimating Dividends: SpecialCases
• Constant dividend
– The firm will pay a constant dividend forever
– This is like preferred stock
– The price is computed using the perpetuity formula
• Constant dividend growth
– The firm will increase the dividend by a constant percent
every period
– The price is computed using the growing perpetuity
model
• Supernormal growth
– Dividend growth is not consistent initially, but settles
down to constant growth eventually
– The price is computed using a multistage model
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Zero Growth
• Ifdividends are expected at regular intervals
forever, then this is a perpetuity and the present
value of expected future dividends can be found
using the perpetuity formula
– P0 = D / R
• Suppose stock is expected to pay a $0.50
dividend every quarter and the required return is
10% with quarterly compounding. What is the
price?
– P0 = .50 / (0.1 / 4) = $20
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Constant Dividend GrowthModel
• Dividends are expected to grow at a constant percent
per period.
– P0 = D1 /(1+R) + D2 /(1+R)2
+ D3 /(1+R)3
+ …
– P0 = D0(1+g)/(1+R) + D0(1+g)2
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Constant Dividend GrowthModel
– Example 1
Suppose Big D, Inc., just paid a dividend of $0.50
per share. It is expected to increase its dividend by
2% per year. If the market requires a return of 15%
on assets of this risk, how much should the stock be
selling for?
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Constant Dividend GrowthModel
– Example 2
Suppose TB Pirates, Inc., is expected to pay a $2
dividend in one year. If the dividend is expected to
grow at 5% per year and the required return is 20%,
what is the price?
– Why isn’t the $2 in the numerator multiplied by
(1.05) in this example?
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Gordon Growth Company is expected to pay a
dividend of $4 next period, and dividends are
expected to grow at 6% per year. The required
return is 16%. What is the current price?
– Remember that we already have the dividend
expected next year, so we don’t multiply the
dividend by 1+g
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Gordon Growth Company- II
• What is the price expected to be in year 4?
• What is the implied return given the change in price during
the four year period?
– Using financial calculator: -40 PV; 50.50 FV; 4 N; CPT I/Y
= 6%
• The price grows at the same rate as the dividends
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Nonconstant Growth
Problem Statement
•Suppose a firm is expected to increase dividends
by 20% for one year and then by 15% in the year
following. After that, dividends will increase at a
rate of 5% per year indefinitely. If the dividend at
time 0, D0, was $1 and the required return is
20%, what is the price of the stock?
• Remember that we have to find the PV of all
expected future dividends.
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Nonconstant Growth
Example Solution
•Compute the dividends until growth levels off
– D1 = 1(1.2) = $1.20
– D2 = 1.20(1.15) = $1.38
– D3 = 1.38(1.05) = $1.449
• Find the expected future price
– P2 = D3 / (R – g) = 1.449 / (.2 - .05) = 9.66
• Find the present value of the expected future cash
flows
• Using financial calculator: 0 CF0; 1.2 CF1; 11.04
CF2; 20 I/Y; 1 P/Y; CPT NPV = 8.67 8-23
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Quick Quiz –Part I
• A company has just paid a dividend of $2. What is
the value of its stock if it expects to maintain this
level of dividend every yea. Assume that the
required return is 15%.
• What if the company starts increasing dividends
by 3% per year, beginning with the next dividend?
The required return stays at 15%.
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Using the ConstantDGM to Find
Required Return, Dividend Yield,
Capital Gains Yield
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Finding the RequiredReturn,
Dividend Yield, Capital Gains Yield -
Example
Suppose a firm’s stock is selling for $10.50. It just
paid a $1 dividend, D0, and dividends are expected to
grow at 5% per year.
•What is the required return?
•What is the dividend yield, D1/P0?
•What is the capital gains yield?
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Other Stock ValuationMethods:
Market Multiple Method
• Also known as the peer comparison method.
• The value of a company is derived by applying a
certain multiplier to the company’s profitability
parameter.
• Analysts often use the following multiples to value
stocks.
– P / E (Price-to-earnings) ratio
– P / Sales
• Example: Based on comparable firms, estimate
the appropriate P/E. Multiply this by expected
earnings to obtain an estimate of the stock price.
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Problems with Market
MultipleMethod
• Often hard to find comparable firms.
• The average ratio from a sample of comparable
firms can have a wide range.
– Example: The average P/E ratio of comparable firms is
20 but the range is from 10 to 50.
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Features of CommonStock
• Voting Rights
• Proxy voting
• Classes of stock
• Other Rights
– Share proportionally in declared dividends
– Share proportionally in remaining assets during
liquidation
– Preemptive right – first shot at new stock issue to
maintain proportional ownership if desired
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Dividend Characteristics
• Dividendsare not a liability of the firm until a
dividend has been declared by the Board
• Consequently, a firm cannot go bankrupt for not
declaring dividends
• Dividends and Taxes
– Dividend payments are not considered a business
expense; therefore, they are not tax deductible
– The taxation of dividends received by individuals varies
across countries
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Features of PreferredStock
• Dividends
– Preferred dividend must be paid before
dividends can be paid to common stockholders
– Dividends are not a liability of the firm.
– Preferred dividends can be deferred indefinitely
– Most preferred dividends are cumulative – any
missed preferred dividends have to be paid
before common dividends can be paid
• Preferred stock generally do not carry voting
rights
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If preferred stockwith an annual dividend of $5
sells for $50, what is the preferred stock’s expected
return?
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Stock Market
• Dealersvs. Brokers
• New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
– Largest stock market in the world
– License holders (1,366)
• Commission brokers
• Specialists
• Floor brokers
• Floor traders
– Operations
– Floor activity
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NASDAQ
• Not aphysical exchange – computer-based
quotation system
• Multiple market makers
• Electronic Communications Networks
• Three levels of information
– Level 1 – median quotes, registered representatives
– Level 2 – view quotes, brokers & dealers
– Level 3 – view and update quotes, dealers only
• Large portion of technology stocks
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The Singapore Exchange
•Visit www.sgx.com.sg
• Select “Prices” from the menu on the left
– Click on the following stocks to find the buy and sell
quotes for selected stocks
• SGX
• Wilma
• DBS Bank
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• Sample Quote
•What information is provided in the stock
quote?
Reading Stock Quotes
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Quick Quiz –Part II
• You observe a stock price of $18.75. You expect
a dividend growth rate of 5%, and the most recent
dividend was $1.50. What is the required return?
• What are some of the major characteristics of
common stock?
• What are some of the major characteristics of
preferred stock?
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Ethics Issues
• Thestatus of pension funding (i.e., over- vs.
under-funded) depends heavily on the choice of a
discount rate. When actuaries are choosing the
appropriate rate, should they give greater priority
to future pension recipients, management, or
shareholders?
• How has the increasing availability and use of the
internet impacted the ability of stock traders to act
unethically?
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Comprehensive Problem
• XYZstock currently sells for $50 per share. The
next expected annual dividend is $2, and the
growth rate is 6%. What is the expected rate of
return on this stock?
• If the required rate of return on this stock were
12%, what would the stock price be, and what
would the dividend yield be?
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#4 As the text points out, a stock that currently pays no dividends may or may not have value; a stock that will NEVER pay a dividend cannot have any value as long as investors are rational. For a stock that currently pays no dividend, market value derives from (a) the hope of future dividends and/or (b) the expectation of a liquidating dividend. This issue is discussed in more depth in a Lecture Tip in the IM.
#5 Note, the calculation can also be done as:
14 FV; 2 PMT; 20 I/Y; 1 N; CPT PV = -13.33
#11 In equilibrium, the required return, R, is the same as the “expected return.”
#13 Remind the students that if dividends are paid quarterly, then the discount rate must be a quarterly rate.
Also, if students have been using a financial calculator for most of their calculations, they often forget to convert the interest rate and they leave it as a percent, i.e., P = 0.5 / (10/4) = 0.2. Ask them if this is a reasonable answer – “Would you only be willing to pay $0.20 for an asset that will pay you $0.50 every quarter forever?”
#14 g is the growth rate in dividends; the subscripts denote the period in which the dividend is paid. This is the formula for a growing perpetuity that was developed in chapter 6.
An expanded derivation of the model is available in a Lecture Tip in the IM.
#15 The biggest mistake that students make with the DGM is using the wrong dividend. Be sure to emphasize that we are finding a present value, so the dividend needed is the one that will be paid NEXT period, not the one that has already been paid.
#17 As the growth rate approaches the required return, the stock price increases dramatically.
#18 As the required return approaches the growth rate, the price increases dramatically. This graph is a mirror image of the previous one.
#20 Point out that the formula is completely general. The dividend in the numerator is always for one period later than the price we are computing. This is because we are computing a Present Value, so we have to start with a future cash flow. This is very important when discussing supernormal growth.
We know the dividend in one year is expected to be $4 and it will grow at 6% per year for four more years. So, D5 = 4(1.06)(1.06)(1.06)(1.06) = 4(1.06)4
Lecture Tip: In his book, A Random Walk Down Wall Street, pp. 82 – 89, (1985, W.W. Norton & Company, New York), Burton Malkiel gives four “fundamental” rules of stock prices. Loosely paraphrased, the rules are as follows. Other things equal:
-Investors pay a higher price, the larger the dividend growth rate
-Investors pay a higher price, the larger the proportion of earnings paid out as dividends
-Investors pay a higher price, the less risky the company’s stock
-Investors pay a higher price, the lower the level of interest rates
#23 Point out that P2 is the value, at year 2, of all expected dividends from year 3 on.
The final step is exactly the same as the 2-period example at the beginning of the chapter. We can look at it as if we buy the stock today and receive the $1.20 dividend in year 1, receive the $1.38 dividend in year 2 and then immediately sell it for $9.66.
#25 Point out that D1 / P0 is the dividend yield and g is the capital gains yield
#30 Shareholders have the right to vote for the board of directors and other important issues.
Cumulative voting increases the likelihood of minority shareholders getting a seat on the board.
Proxy votes are similar to absentee ballots. Proxy fights occur when minority owners are trying to get enough votes to obtain seats on the Board or affect other important issues that are coming up for a vote.
Different classes of stock can have different rights. Owners may want to issue a nonvoting class of stock if they want to make sure that they maintain control of the firm.
Lecture Tip: Large institutions, such as mutual funds and pension funds, used to remain on the sidelines when it came to corporate control. However, several institutions have become much more active in recent years and have worked to force companies to operate in the shareholders’ best interests. CalPERS, the pension plan for California public employees, has been at the forefront of the corporate governance movement. For more information, see http://www.calpers-governance.org/forumhome.asp.
#31 See the Lecture Tip in the IM for a discussion of the tax law changes regarding dividends received by individuals. (Resource: www.irs.gov “What are Qualified Dividends?” article.)
Dividend exclusion under US laws: If corporation A owns less than 20% of corporation B stock, then 30% of the dividends received from corporation B are taxable. If A owns between 20% and 80% of B, then 20% of the dividends received are taxable. If A owns more than 80%, a consolidated statement can be filed and dividends received from B are essentially untaxed.
#32 Point out that there are a lot of features of preferred stock that are similar to debt. In fact, many new issues have sinking funds that effectively convert what was a perpetual security into an equity security with a definite maturity. However, for tax purposes, preferred stock is equity and dividends are not a tax deductible expense, unless they meet specific characteristics as discussed in the text.
Real-World Tip: Here’s a gruesome-sounding security – the “death spiral.” Actually, the name refers to convertible preferred shares that have a floating conversion ratio. That is, the conversion ratio varies with the price of the firm’s common stock. Also known as “toxic convertibles,” The Wall Street Journal reports that, when the issuer’s common stock price falls, more shares must be issued to redeem the convertible securities, so this dilution pushes the common stock price down further. Hence, the “death spiral” appellation.
#34 Dealer: maintains an inventory and stands ready to trade at quoted bid (price at which they will buy) and ask (price at which they will sell) prices. Make their profit from the difference between the bid and ask prices, called the bid-ask spread. The smaller the spread, the more competition and the more liquid the stock. The move to decimalization allows for a smaller bid-ask spread. There will be more discussion of this later.
Broker: a broker matches buyers and sellers. They perform the search function for a fee (commission). They do not hold an inventory of securities.
Lecture Tip: Some students find it hard to grasp the relative importance of primary and secondary market transactions. Suggest that they consider automobile sales rather than stocks. New automobiles are sold through a network of dealers and salesman (brokers) to the public. In any given year, however, the majority of transactions are between people buying and selling existing automobiles, i.e., the secondary (used) car market. As with secondary market transactions in stocks, used car purchases do not directly benefit the issuer/manufacturer. You can also introduce the notion of information asymmetry and signaling at this point, see the classic article by George Akerlof titled “Market for Lemons.”
Video: The Financial Markets video discusses how capital is raised in the market and shows the open-outcry market at the CBOT.
NYSE:
Specialists manage the order flow by keeping the limit order book. The limit order book lists the trades that investors have given to their brokers that include desired trading prices. The specialist is also a dealer that holds an inventory in their assigned stock, they post bid and ask prices, and they are supposed to maintain an orderly market.
Other participants on the floor of the exchange include floor traders that own exchange seats, commission brokers, and floor brokers.
#35 Point out that the NASDAQ market site in Times Square is NOT an exchange. It is just offices and basically a place for reporters to report on what is happening with Nasdaq stocks.
#37 This quote is the Costco quote from the text.
52 week high = 75.23
52 week low = 54.85
Company is Costco Wholesale
Annual dividend = $.64 per share
Dividend yield = 0.90%
P/E ratio = 27.63
Most recent price = 73.28
Lecture Tip: A useful assignment is to require students to obtain a recent Wall Street Journal and examine the financial section. Have the students examine the dividend column for various stocks and point out the number of non-dividend paying stocks. Also have them identify the information available in each quote. This allows them to see more information at once than they would normally see with online quotes.